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Conclusion
Our
cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of older
U.S. veterans identified several oral health variables�including
having one to 14 teeth, low salivary levels of S. sanguis,
positive plaque BANA scores, gingivitis involving bleeding
and a complaint of xerostomia�as risk indicators for
CHD. Whether they prove to be risk factors depends on
their ability to predict episodes of CHD in a longitudinal
study. Certain known risk factors, such as smoking,
total cholesterol levels, BMI, diabetes and race, were
not significant in this model. This probably reflects
the fact that these subjects were older and many were
receiving medical treatment directed toward some of
these risk factors. This study was supported
by Program Project grant DE 09142 from the National
Institute of Dental Research. Walter Bretz, Gary Hildebrandt,
Connie Kerr, Mario DeMeirelas and Kathryn Curry assisted
in the collection of the dental data. Carol Gerlach
and George Taylor assisted in the preparation of the
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